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Cambridge residents: TONIGHT at 6:30 in the second-floor amphitheater of University Hall (1815 Mass. Ave., Porter Square) state Reps. Marjorie Decker and Jonathan Hecht are hosting a community-wide hearing on airplane noise over Cambridge (and some Belmont) neighborhoods. Also expected on hand are representatives from the offices of Congresswoman Katherine Clark and Congressman Michael Capuano, and the Cambridge liaison on the Logan Airport noise abatement commission, Bill Deignan, will present an update.

Does the world owe many of its artistic treasures to conspicuous consumption, social climbing and religiosity? Find out at 4 p.m. Thursday in Sherrill Library as Dr. Mary Dockray-Miller talks about her new book on Judith of Flanders.

Mary Dockray-Miller Book Talkwww.lesley.eduDr Mary Dockray-Miller will give a talk on her new book, The Books and the Life of Judith of Flanders, published in February by Ashgate

Still time to slip into the morning session of Lesley's child homelessness conference. Then, at noon, Dr. Elisabeth Babcock will give the keynote address, leading to afternoon panels conducted by Lesley faculty. All events are free and in the University Hall amphitheater (second floor). More details: http://www.lesley.edu/EventDetail.aspx?id=20793